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TIL Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for $1 so that film students can use them to make movies. He calls them his ‘Dollar Babies.’

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kJ7ZW TIL about Patti Lyle Collins, head of the US Dead Letter Office. She was known for her ability to deciper hard to read or incomplete addresses on mail, such as being able to deduce that a letter addressed to "Presidente Sterite, Catimoa" was meant to go to "President Street, Baltimore".
PJPL TIL: The director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty of raping a 13 year old girl in 1977 but fled the U.S to avoid charges, this is why his 2011 film Carnage staring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly although set in New York was actually filmed in Paris.
BnQx TIL that HSBC was caught laundering money again, again, and again, of the collusion of the biggest banks that caused Trillions of dollars of damages (the LIBOR scandal) as well as that they are unanimously deemed as “too big to jail”.
b6m80 TIL that Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials "HM" for Hannah Montana after making a pact with Miley Cyrus that he would be allowed to cameo on the show if he had the initials tattooed on him. He was never given the opportunity to be on the show and has said he regrets getting the tattoo.
Vdmm TIL in Switzerland, a group of citizens may challenge a law passed by Parliament if they gather 50,000 signatures against the law within 100 days. A national vote is scheduled where voters decide by a simple majority whether to accept or reject the law.